Annual Conference on International
Political Economy:
Challenges to the Welfare
State
Gediz University Seyrek Campus Crowne Plaza
Hotel
zmir/Turkey
23-25 May 2012
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Sait AKT Department of International Relations, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Arzu ALVAN Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Nursel AYDINER AVAR Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected] Feray ERSELCAN Department of International Trade and Marketing, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Rebecca FRIEDMAN European Union Center of Excellence, Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 507 Miami, FL, USA, 33199
Tel: (305) 348-0169 Fax: (305) 348-6562
e-mail: [email protected]
Gaye GNGR Department of International Relations, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Nevzat GRAN Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Metin KARADA Department of Economics, Ege University
35100 Bornova, zmir, Turkey Tel: (90 232) 311 52 90 Fax: (90 232)373 41 94
e-mail: [email protected]
Alexander NUNN School of Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University Bronte Hall, 109a, Leeds, UK
Tel: 0113 812 3476
e-mail: [email protected]
Suat KSZ Department of International Relations, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Dilek SEYMEN Department of Economics, Dokuz Eyll University
35160 Buca, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 420 41 80
e-mail: [email protected]
idem STN Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
ADVISORY / SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Nursel AYDINER AVAR, Department of Economics, Gediz University
Pnar BEDRHANOLU, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University
Erturul DELKTA, Department of Economics, Ege University
Gaye GNGR, Department of International Relations, Gediz University
Nevzat GRAN, Department of Economics, Gediz University
Nee KUMRAL, Department of Economics, Ege University
Recep KK, Department of Economics, Dokuz Eyll University
aban KARDA, Department of International Relations, TOBB Economy and Technology University
Suat KSZ, Department of International Relations, Gediz University
zlem A. NDER, Department of Economics, Ege University
Faruk SNMEZOLU, Department of International Relations, Istanbul University
Sbidey TOGAN, Department of Economics, Bilkent University
Dimitris TSAROUHAS, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University
Markus THIEL, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
Fatih TAYFUR, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University
Utku UTKULU, Department of Economics, Dokuz Eyll University
Galip YALMAN, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
ASSISTANT STAFF
Berivan AKIN Department of International Relations, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected] Nazl AYTU Business Administration Program, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
evin GRARDA Department of Management, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Yunus ZSU Department of Management, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Ozan UUK Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Furkan DNDAR Graphic Design, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00
Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
Engin BALBAY Web Master, Gediz University
35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey
Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00
Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18
e-mail: [email protected]
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Gediz University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Seyrek Campus, Menemen, 35665 ZMR
Phone: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://ipeconference.gediz.edu.tr
DATES AND VENUE
23 May 2012, Seyrek Campus, Gediz University
24-25 May 2012, Crowne Plaza Hotel
REGISTRATION
Registration and Information Desk is located on the Ground Floor of E Block, Gediz
University, Seyrek Campus. The desk is open on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 / 09:00-
17:00
Registration and Information Desk is located on the First Floor of Crowne Plaza Hotel.
The desk is open at the following times:
Thursday, 24 May 2012 / 09:00-17:00
Friday, 25 May 2012 / 09:00-17:00
BADGE
Participants should kindly wear name badges during the Conference. Name badges will
be provided in participants conference packs at the Registration Desk.
RECEPTION
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences invites all participants to the
reception at the garden of the E Block, Gediz University, Seyrek Campus. The reception
will take place on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 between 17:00-19:00.
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
23 MAY 2012, WEDNESDAY
Registration Time: 09:00 17:00
Place: E Block, Seyrek Campus, Gediz University
OPENING CEREMONY 10:30 / 11:00
Place: Auditorium
Seyfullah evik (Chancellor, Gediz University) Suat ksz (Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gediz University)
KEYNOTE LECTURE 11:00/ 12:30
Place: Auditorium
Chair: Suat KSZ
Knud Erik Jrgensen (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
How to Make the Best of an Era Characterized by Transition Gaps
LUNCH / 12:30-13:30
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
PANEL SESSIONS 1 / 13:30 - 15:00
PANEL SESSION 1-A Welfare State: Issues and Case Studies
Place: Amfi I
Chair: idem STN
H. Glin Beken (Marmara University, Turkey) A Welfare State Analysis: Socio-Economic Changes, Risks and Transformations
Melih zalk, Bura zer, Adnan Erdal (Celal Bayar University, Turkey) Welfare State Retrenchment Processes in Age of Global Economic Crisis
Problematizing Public Expenditures: The Impact of the Former on National Income: A
Panel Data Analysis on Selected Countries
Sabri Aydn (Uluda University, Turkey) Welfare State Retrenchment: An Application of Public Choice Theory
PANEL SESSION 1-B Demographics and Social Rights
Place: Amfi II
Chair: Defne ERZENE-BRGN
Hakan Cavlak (Dzce University, Turkey) European Unions Influence on Turkish Immigration and Asylum Legislation: A
Fortress against Possible Infiltrations to European Welfare States?
Murat Ortanca, Bura zer (Celal Bayar University, Turkey) A Comparative Analysis of the Welfare State of Canadian and Turkish Experiences:
Problematizing Convergences, Divergences and Challenges
Ekin nan (METU, Turkey) A Political Economic Study of Migration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA
Region)
COFFEE BREAK / 15:00-15:30
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
PANEL SESSIONS 2 / 15:30 - 17:00
PANEL SESSION 2-A Welfare State: Regime Challenges
Place: Amfi I
Chair: Sait AKT
Hassan Ahmadian (University of Tehran, Iran) The Authoritarian Welfare State: Challenges and Durability (The Case of GCC
States)
Eszter Nova (Institute of Political Science, ELTE University & Fellow, Financial Research Institute, Hungary)
The Third Reverse Wave? Economic Growth and Democratic Consolidation in Third
Wave Democracies
Kerem Gkten (Ordu University, Turkey) From State Welfare to Harmonious Society: Constructing New Welfare Regime in
China
PANEL SESSION 2-B Gender and Welfare State
Place: Amfi 2
Chair: Itr BADAD
Gaye Gngr (Gediz University, Turkey) Equal Pay Equal Work: Transposition of the EU Directive in Turkey
Nursel Aydner Avar, Chiara Piovani (Gediz University, Turkey University of Denver, USA)
The Gender Impact of Social Protection Policies in the United States: Trends, Debates,
and Policy Recommendations
Ester Gallo, Francesca Scrinzi (Gediz University, Turkey University of Glasgow, UK)
Welfare State, Gender and Migrant Domestic Labour Comparative Perspective from
Italy and Southern Europe
RECEPTION / 17:00-19:00
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
24 MAY 2012, THURSDAY
Registration Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Place: First Floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel
ROUNDTABLE: Embedded Liberalism Revisited / 09:30 - 11:00
Place: Konak 2
Chair: Knud Erik JRGENSEN
Knud Erik Jrgensen (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Gaye Gngr (Gediz University, Turkey)
Andreas Antoniades (University of Sussex, UK)
Mariely Lopez-Santana (University of George Washington, USA)
COFFEE BREAK / 11:00-11:30
PANEL SESSIONS 3 / 11:30 - 13:00
PANEL SESSION 3-A European Integration in Crisis
Place: Konak 1
Chair: Canan BALKIR
Ton Notermans (University of Trento, Italy) The Euro Crisis in Historical Perspective
Michael Wartenbe (Florida International University, USA) The European Central Bank and Peripheral States in the Eurozone
Markus Thiel (Florida International University, USA) Social Rights Attainment in the EU under the Impact of Economic Volatility and
Market Liberalization
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
PANEL SESSION 3-B Governance and Institutional Development
Place: Konak 3
Chair: Erturul DELKTA
Marc Sangnier, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po., France) Efficient and Inefficient Welfare States
Erdem Gven (TODAE, Turkey) Mainstream Challenge to Welfare State on Political-Administrative Level: Does
Proceduralist Participation Really Work?
Chizea Bonaventure (Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria) Institutions, Governance and Development in Nigeria
Miroslava Filipovic (EDUCONS University, Serbia) Summits Geography and Politics: G20 and the World Economic Regulation
LUNCH / 13:00-14:00
PANEL SESSIONS 4 / 14:00 - 15:30
PANEL SESSION 4-A Issues and Economics of Development
Place: Konak 1
Chair: Metin KARADA
M. Utku zmen, Orhun Sevin (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Turkey) Price Rigidity in Turkey: Evidence from Micro Data
Levent Kalyon, Yeim Kalyon (Avrasya University and Krkkale University, Turkey) "International Political Economy in Terms of National Security and Defense Sector
Frat Demir, Chenghao Hu (University of Oklahoma, USA) Institutional Development, Corruption and Direction of Bilateral FDI Flows: Are
Developing Country Investors any Different than the Rest?
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
PANEL SESSION 4-B Regional Integration and Trade Policy I
Place: Konak 3
Chair: Utku UTKULU
Abazar Barari (University of Tehran, Iran) Barriers to the Successful Integration in Asia: Obstacles and Challenges to Achieving
Asian Union (AU)
Jean-Marc Siroen, Ayl Ycer (University of Paris-Dauphine, France) The Impact of MERCOSUR on Trade of Brazilian States
Petros Kusmu (University of Alberta, Canada) Northern versus Southern Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in Africa:
Comparing the Varying Degrees of Success between the EUs EPA and EBA, AGOA,
and FOCAC
COFFEE BREAK / 15:30-16:00
PANEL SESSIONS 5 / 16:00 - 17:30
PANEL SESSION 5-A Social Policy
Place: Konak 1
Chair: Mariely LOPEZ-SANTANA
Emily Lines (Humboldt and Free University, Germany) "Putting the "Age" into Agenda: How Demographic Ageing Became an Issue of EU
Concern."
Glbanu Altunok, Saniye Dedeolu, Adem Y. Elveren (Bilkent University, Mula University, Kahramanmara S. . University, Turkey)
Political Economy of Pension Reform in Turkey
Suyu Liu (Oxford University, UK) The Adverse Education-Employment Relationship in the Transition towards Welfare
State: Evidence from the Chinese Labour Market
Arzu Alvan (Gediz University, Turkey) Brain Drain: A Critical Analysis for Turkish Higher Education
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
PANEL SESSION 5-B Regional Integration and Trade Policy II
Place: Konak 3
Chair: Muzaffer DEMRC
Ritchelle J. Alburo (University of Namur, Belgium) An Assessment of the Special and Differential Treatment Elements of the Philippines
Free Trade Agreements: Towards Development-Oriented FTA Outcomes
Tanja Befus, Beyhan Bektaolu, Martina Brockmeier (University of Hohenheim, Germany) New Orientation in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Comparative CGE Analysis of Trade
Implications
Feray Erselcan, Necmettin ahin (Gediz University, Turkey) A Critical Perspective on Trade Liberalization in Turkey
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25 MAY 2012, FRIDAY
Registration Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Place: First Floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel
KEYNOTE LECTURE 09:30/ 11:00
Place: Konak 2
Chair: Suat KSZ
Berch Berberoglu (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
The Global Economic Crisis and Challenges to the Welfare State: The Origins, Nature
and Impact of the Crisis on the United States and Turkey
COFFEE BREAK / 11:00-11:30
PANEL SESSIONS 6 / 11:30 - 13:00
PANEL SESSION 6-A Environment and Sustainable Development
Place: Konak 1
Chair: Feray ERSELCAN
Bernur Akgz Ersoy (Celal Bayar University, Turkey) Global Warming as a Global Public Bad
Meri Suba Ertekin, Betl Yce Dural (Anadolu University, Turkey) Sustainable Economic Growth with WTO Accession in China
Sezin BA GRSOY (Kadir Has University, Turkey) A Growing Challenge: Food Security and Its Effects on Environmental Sustainability
Assel Rustemova (Kazakhstans Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research KIMEP, Republic of Kazakhstan)
Welfare State in Post-Soviet Agricultural States: from Freedoms to Profit Margins
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
PANEL SESSION 6-B Issues on Labor and Economic Development
Place: Konak 3
Chair: Nevzat GRAN
zgr ztrk (Ondokuz Mays University, Turkey) Economic Development and Unemployment in Turkey, 2002-2008
Melda Yaman ztrk (Ondokuz Mays University, Turkey) Turkish Industry and Exports with Higher Labour Productivity: What is its Meaning
for Labour?
Dolly Sunny (University of Mumbai, India) Unemployment, Retrenchment and Re-employment Syndrome - A Study on Industrial
units in Mumbai, India
Ahmet Hakan zkan (Okan University, Turkey) Issues on Measuring the Unemployment Rate in Turkey
LUNCH / 13:00-14:00
PANEL SESSIONS 7 / 14:00 - 15:30
PANEL SESSION 7-A Debates on Neoliberal Perspectives
Place: Konak 1
Chair: Zerrin Aye ZTRK
Aye Yedeki (Bilkent University, Turkey) Neoliberalization and Citizenship
Ceren Kalfa (Akdeniz University, Turkey) Deliberative Democracy versus Welfare State: Habermas Critique of Welfare State
smail Seyrek (Hitit University, Turkey) The Welfare State and Neo-Liberal Economic Thoughts and Policies: An Impossibility
of Co-existence?
Alexander Nunn (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK) Neo-liberalism, Social Mobility and Aligning the Welfare State with the politics of
global competitiveness
Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir
PANEL SESSION 7-B BRICS and Turkey
Place: Konak 3
Chair: Nursel AYDINER AVAR
Cem Tintin (Vrije University, Belgium) FDI, Institutions and Growth: Evidence from BRICS and Turkey
Ahmet Enes Tekcan (Ministry of Economy, Turkey) Trade and Growth Relation: BRICS and Turkey
Emrah z (METU, Turkey) Short Term Capital Flows and Economic Growth: Is Hot Money Guilty or Innocent?
Cumhur ieki (Eastern Mediterranean Development Agency, Turkey) The Relationship between Energy and Economic Growth: An Empirical Evaluation on
Turkey and BRICS
COFFEE BREAK / 15:30-15:45
KEYNOTE LECTURE 15:45/ 16:45
Place: Konak 2
Chair: Banu Esra ASLANERTK
Seda Akku Tecer (Ernst & Young Partner, Turkey)
Corporate Governance from the Perspective of Independent Audit
CONCLUDING REMARKS / 16:45-17:00
GALA DINNER / 19:30 - 23:00 (Invitation Only)
Guest Speaker
Mark Lewis (Senior Resident Representative, IMF, Turkey)